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Sorry for the long break between posts. I've been busy working on a book that I hope you'll be hearing about before the end of the year. For now, though, the Spring term has begun (just today) and since I'm requesting my students 'blog,' so must I.
One item you might find interesting is a Transcription Project of the National Archives that encourages citizens to transcribe documents from the 18th through the 20th centuries.Documents are described as being suitable for beginners, intermediate, and advanced transcriptionists. Some documents have been transcribed, and others are awaiting a volunteer to take them on.
Read all about the project and even become involved by visiting http://blogs.archives.gov/online-public-access/?p=7171/
Interesting! There has been for many years a similar effort among genealogists - parts of the census are transcribed and posted to the USGenWeb pages (it's been a few years, but this is where it was). I guess that as we are becoming more open, even the Archives are now seeing that the power of everyone can help get the job done.
ReplyDeleteIt would be a fun class project, I think. I'll have to keep it in mind for the next time I teach a class where a project like this would be suitable.
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